sherpa

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He and his Sherpa emerged from their tent into 50-mile-an-hour winds, a blizzard so fierce that Whittaker couldn’t see his feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Everest, reaching the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963, with Sherpa Nawang Gombu.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Over the years, the name "Sherpa" has become synonymous with high-altitude guides.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

The previous year a guided American expedition had hired a Sherpa named Kami Rita as a cook boy.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer